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Monday, 1 September 2014

Monday Funday Post: 'Girl 2.0'

While my anticipation for Pharrell's 'Girl' album was immeasurably high, I have to confess that in complete honesty... the end result didn't really move me as I hoped it would. I'm a humungous Pharrell and Chad fan (as other posts here prove) so ultimately, I'm thrilled for the huge resurgence in his star and popularity - it's also compounded with the amazing work he's actually done for other artists too so my current musical fantasy is for a Pharrell album with his vocals on the songs he produced for others.

Can you imagine what that version of 'Girl' would sound like? Well, below is my fantasy playlist for 'Girl' featuring my favourites from 'Girl' as it was initially released...

(1) Brand New (f/t Justin Timberlake)

(2) Happy

(3) Know Who You Are (f/t Alicia Keys)

(4) Gust of Wind

(5) Blurred Lines

Originally performed by Robin Thicke featuring TI. I imagine little needs to be said about this number - this is what made Pharrell an in-demand producer again and although he does include this song amongst his current live set-list, a studio version would be amazing.

(6) Get Lucky

Originally performed by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell on lead vocals with Nile Rodgers on guitar.The song served as one of two vocal contributions Pharrell made to Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' album and catapulted Pharrell back into front-man limelight.

(7) Scream

Originally performed by Cee Lo for a song that appears on the 'Dispicable Me 2' soundtrack. Recent reports state that Cee Lo's camp turned down 'Happy' so I imagine they did so for this song instead.

(8) Reach Out Richard

Originally performed by Mayer Hawthorne for his album 'Where Does This Door Go'. I actually named this one as my song of the year last year - it serves as one of four songs Pharrell contributed to Mayer Hawthorne's album.

(9) Wine Glass Woman

Also originally performed by Mayer Hawthorne for his album 'Where Does This Door Go'.

(10) Love is the Answer

Originally performed by Aloe Blacc for his album 'Lift Your Spirit'.

(11) Can't Rely On You

Originally performed by Paloma Faith for her album 'A Perfect Contradiction'. Definitely an unlikely union, but that's what's great about Pharrell. The funky guitar sounds like a James Brown riff and could have made a great addition to 'Girl 2.0' (I may need to copyright this title quick-smart!).

(12) See That Boy Again

Originally performed by Mary J Blige, featuring Pharrell, for the 'Think Like A Man Too' soundtrack.

(13) My Life

Originally performed by Robin Thicke for the 'Dispicable Me' soundtrack.

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By day, I fight the crimes of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors in the publishing industry while chained to a desk. But. By night... when my two litt ones are tucked up for sleep, I immerse myself within the wonders of the music world and nurture my obsession through the random ramblings and musings on The Blue-in-Green Blog.

All of that, you guessed correctly... while chained to my other desk.

The Blue-in-Green Sessions (hence the blog name) has existed since 2006 and focuses
on the very best that I can get my hands on in soul, jazz and funk
music.
The radio station and the blog aims to chronicle my adventures in soul music as I
discover new artists/albums and interview a fair few along the way too.
The plan is/was/and always will be to hopefully put you guys on to
something fantastic and new in the world of soul music. If you've never
heard of them, and like what you hear, then that's great; if it makes
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